Morning Briefing: Mets To Honor Johan Santana’s No-Hitter Anniversary

Good morning, Mets fans! We will celebrate one of the most nerve racking nights of my career on May 31. It’s the 10th anniversary of @JohanSantana’s no-hitter, something I never thought I'd see. He and Josh Thole discuss on my latest podcast. 🎧👉 https://t.co/Xk6jihIZ1N📺👉 https://t.co/nNWEpcSpou pic.twitter.com/hq977xfDhr — Jay Horwitz (@Jay_HorwitzPR) March 29, 2022 The Mets announced...

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Mets Explode For 10 Runs, Shutout Marlins

The New York Mets (6-3) and Miami Marlins (6-4) faced off in Jupiter, FL at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in what was the Mets’ ninth spring training game of the season. New York ran out Chris Bassitt for his first formal start of spring, he pitched splendidly. Overall, each team featured lineups with several everyday players – more so the Mets who may have featured seven of their...

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Mets Claim Yoan López Off Waivers from Miami

On Tuesday night, the Mets announced they had claimed RHP Yoan López off waivers from the Miami Marlins and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, left-handed pitcher Joey Lucchesi was placed on the 60-Day Injured List. López, a 29-year-old relief pitcher, made his Major League debut as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 9th, 2018. He has...

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MMO Spring Training Game Thread: Mets vs Marlins, 6:40 PM

New York Mets (5-3) vs. Miami Marlins (6-3) Tuesday, March 29, 2022 • 6:40 p.m. Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL RHP Chris Bassitt (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Pablo Lopez (1-0, 0.00) Marlins Radio 940 WINZ AM Sunday was Starling Marte’s Mets Spring debut. Today another former Athletic makes his Mets debut – Chris Bassitt! The Mets are coming off of an exciting win on Sunday where both...

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Mets Named Top Rotation in Baseball

It’s official, the New York Mets have the best starting pitching rotation in baseball. Or that’s at least what MLB.com thinks. Still the Mets five-some of right-handers is atop the preseason rankings. The projected rotation looks like this: Jacob deGrom, RHP Max Scherzer, RHP Chris Bassitt, RHP Carlos Carrasco, RHP Taijuan Walker, RHP Here’s what MLB.com wrote about them. Funny...

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Second Base Distances Shortened to 87 Feet for Minor League Games

Jason Stark of The Athletic reports second base will be moved inwards during the second half of the 2022 season. Between shifting the base and there being larger bases, the end result will be second base moving closer to first and third base by 13.5 inches. Before getting into the who, what, where, when, or why of this decision, it must first be acknowledged this was actually done on a limited...

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